Windknollen

Windknollen is a nature reserve in Jena, Thuringia. Windknollen is situated nearby to the locality Am Kreuzstein, as well as near Eule.

Photo: Herr Commonsense, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Zeiss-Planetarium Jena and Botanical Garden.

Zeiss-Planetarium Jena

Planetarium

Zeiss-Planetarium Jena

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The Zeiss-Planetarium in Jena, Germany, is the oldest continuously operating planetarium in the world. Engineered by German engineer Walther Bauersfeld, the building was opened on 18 July 1926.

Botanical Garden

Garden

Botanical Garden

Photo: Aka, CC BY-SA 2.5.

The Botanischer Garten Jena is the second oldest botanical garden in Germany, maintained by the University of Jena and located at Fürstengraben 26, Jena, Thuringia, Germany.

Jena Saale station

Railway station

Jena Saale station

Photo: Woshimike, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Jena Saale station is a station in the Jena suburb of Jena-Nord in the German state of Thuringia. It lies at line-kilometre 25.50 of the Großheringen–Saalfeld railway.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lehesten and Hainichen.

Lehesten

Village

Photo: Michael Sander, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Lehesten is a municipality in the district Saale-Holzland, in Thuringia, Germany.

Hainichen

Village

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 4.0.

Hainichen is a municipality in the district Saale-Holzland, in Thuringia, Germany.

Rödigen

Village

Photo: Lars0001, Public domain.

Rödigen is a village.

Windknollen

Type: Nature reserve
Description: nature reserve in Thuringia, Germany
Categories: Naturschutzgebiet, protected area, and recreation area
Location: Jena, Thuringia, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude

50.9495° or 50° 56′ 58″ north

Longitude

11.5767° or 11° 34′ 36″ east

Open location code

9F2HWHXG+RM

OpenStreetMap ID

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=nature_reserve

Wikidata ID

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From German to Spanish—“Windknollen” goes by many names.

German: “Naturschutzgebiet Windknollen”
German: “NSG Windknollen”
German: “Windknollen”
Spanish: “Windknollen”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Am Kreuzstein and Eule.

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